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Breaking news: DefraGovUK says new applicants to SFI will only be able to put 25% of their land into six SFI actions that take land out of direct production The actions are: · Flower-rich grass margins · Pollen and nectar flower mix · Winter bird food on arable and horticultural land ·...

Study pinpoints how drug resistance emerges and provides crucial data for tracking resistant variants in the field See https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/resistance-genes-mapped-for-drugs-to-treat-parasitic-worms/ (This just showed up my Google feed. People who been reading same Web pages as...

https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/sheep/college-flock-pits-mules-against-terminal-crosses Even a mix of none proformance recorded lowland ewes did better than the mules. Given the high biosecurity risks with mules, are mules still sensible? (I don't know how they counted the cost of keeping...

Sorry for asking such basic signet questions. Can a farmer choose to hide all their data on signet so it's not visible that they are proformance recording? Can a farmer add addational indicators to track, if so can these be kept private? Are there any automatic data links with the Irish...

I have seen reports about feed efficient measurement for cows in the UK but not sheep, is any being done? Even for a 100% grass system, eve that eat less over winter while still lambing well would give higher profits as stocking rates can be higher. (These days summer grass intake per kW...

My understanding is that Exlanas was created by a single company and there is no independent breed regulation, yet many farms sell Exlanas. So how does the rules with naming work?